Faxonella creaseri is a species of crayfish (family Cambaridae, order Reptantia) which belongs to the larger group of so-called decapoda.[2] It is one of the four species in the family Faxonella.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Family: | Cambaridae |
| Genus: | Faxonella |
| Species: | F. creaseri
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| Binomial name | |
| Faxonella creaseri (Walls, 1968)
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The species is found in the northern lakes and rivers in North America.
Taxonomic classification edit
A modern update of the systemic classification was given by Fetzner et al.: (2005). [3]
- Order decapoda - 2700 families, 15,000 species Latreille, 1802
- Suborder crayfish and crabs Reptantia = Macrura reptantia
- Infraorder Astacidea, crayfish and lobsters
- Superfamily crayfish Astacoidea Latreille, 1802
- Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942
- Sub-family Cambarinae Hobbs, 1942
- Group Faxonella Creaser, 1933
- Faxonella beyeri (Penn, 1950) - North America
- Faxonella blairi Hayes and Reimer, 1977 - North America
- Faxonella clypeata (Hay, 1899) - North America
- Faxonella creaseri Walls, 1968 - North America
- Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942
- Superfamily crayfish Astacoidea Latreille, 1802
- Infraorder Astacidea, crayfish and lobsters
- Suborder crayfish and crabs Reptantia = Macrura reptantia
References edit
- ^ a b Adams, S.; Cordeiro, J.; Schuster, G.A.; Taylor, C.A.; Thoma, R.F. (2010). "Faxonella creaseri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T153990A4573240. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T153990A4573240.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ "COPEPEDIA summary for Faxonella creaseri : T4021897 : Species".
- ^ Fetzner Jr, W, Family Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 Archived 2014-02-03 at the Wayback Machine, Crayfish Taxon Browser - Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 9 May 2005.
External links edit
- Global Crayfish Resources - The Carnegie Museum of Natural History (eng). Accessed 27 January 2014.
- de Grave, Sammy, et al., «A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans», in: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21, 2009, page 1–109